Thursday, December 6, 2012

Thousands of young hopefuls turned out for the auditions at Fantasy Land – fired with excitement at the prospect of getting through to the next round in the MTV Base VJ Search contest and winning a job representing MTV Base (DStv Channel 322 & STV).

Last but not least, 22 year old student Ekene Bright Emelobe from Abuja, 25 year old music lover Osamogie Ekhaguerefrom Benin City, 25 year old radio presenter Tobechi Nneji from Enugu and fun-loving 23 year old Inah Ekat from Calabar also made it through to the next stage after submitting their video entries online, via email or via BBM.

Fantasy Land was buzzing with ambitious young contenders as they queued up to audition for the gig of a lifetime - a one year contract with MTV Base. Celebrities BasketMouth, Banky W, Funke Akindele, Toolz, Brymo, L.O.S. and Burna Boy also dropped in to lend their support at the auditions.

All of the qualifiers go on to compete in front of celebrity judges Banky W (@BankyW), Toolz (@ToolzO), Funke Akindele(@funkeakindele) and MTV Base’s Tim Horwood (@timohorwood) in the next stages of the competition, which will be televised on MTV Base and STV in January 2013.

Highlights and funny moments from the auditions will feature in the TV series MTV Base VJ Search - Nigeria which will air weekly on MTV Base (DStv Channel 322) from Tuesday 15 January 2013 at 18:30 WAT and on STV from Thursday 17 January at 18:00 WAT.

For more information on the MTV Base VJ Search, please go to www.mtvbase.com, Instagram (@MTVBaseAfrica), or Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/verified.MTVBase). Follow the conversation on Twitter at @MTVBaseAfrica using the hashtag #BaseVJSearch.